Philip VI of France

Philip VI of France (1293-22 August 1350) was the King of France from 1328 to 1350, succeeding Charles IV of France and preceding Jean II of France.

Biography
Philippe was born in 1293 to Charles of Valois and Countess Margaret of Anjou, and he was descended from the House of Valois branch of the House of Capet. When Charles IV of France died without a male heir in 1328, Philip was chosen to succeed him as a distant relative, although Charles' nephew Edward III of England claimed France through his mother Isabella of France. Edward upbraided him as an enemy and adversary and declared war on him in 1337, starting the Hundred Years' War for control of the Kingdom of France. At the 1340 Battle of Sluys, the English navy defeated the French, allowing for the English to invade Europe. Philip's army was defeated at the Battle of Crecy in 1346, and King Jan of Bohemia was killed in battle while fighting alongside the French. The Black Death interrupted the war and led to peace, and Philip died in 1350.